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Last updated: April 18, 2017 Welcome to Nootropics University! This is an aggregation of nootropics, neuroscience, and cognitive enhancement university courses from around the world including Stanford, M.I.T., Harvard, and dozens of others. The objective of this page is to…

In a small village in modern day South Dakota, native Americans of the Sioux tribe gathered to smoke a peace pipe. In the late 17th century, the Sioux entered into an alliance with French fur traders and tobacco was a…

Lisa wasn’t one to complain. After 1.5 years of debilitating headaches, she assumed the severe pain would feature in the rest of her life. Clamoring through the woods of Northern Ontario, she accidentally stumbled on her ultimate nerve growth factor…

Speaking to the co-founders of the Neurohacker Collective makes it obvious these people are more interested in nootropics and cognitive enhancement than the businessmen of the industry. Whereas many nootropics founders that create unique stacks have cursory knowledge of the…

Turning an idea into a reality. That is what focus and concentration allow us to achieve. Whether it’s a project or an examination, attentiveness is the domain of getting shit done. While there are many aspects of enhanced mental performance,…

“Live long enough to live forever” says George Church, author of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature. While it might seem farfetched, Church isn’t far off and he isn’t the only one. Ray Kurzweil authored a book with the…

In a poorly lit dorm room in Krakow, Poland, I had my first taste of Polish vodka. It wasn’t long before friendly games turned sloppy, juice spilled, and our room became a mess. My group of friends headed downtown where…

In 1650, a Lebanese man known only as “Jacob” opened the first coffeehouse in Britain. Despite London’s growing economic success, this first coffee dispensary sprung up in the quaint university town of Oxford. Within thirteen years there were 83 coffeehouses…

Stepping outside I felt a rush of exhilaration as bright sunlight beamed on my face. A smile formed from my mouth and it remained the duration of my drive home. I popped a CD into my ancient stereo system and…